Pokémon Forum

If Pokemon is "Pocket Monsters" shortened in that quirky way the Japanese love, then could I shorten "Pokemon National Championships" to Ponachanpi, or some such concoction that jibes with the Japanese phonetic syllabary? I'll hold off on that for now, but it doesn't dismiss the fact that that very event is rolling into Indianapolis starting tomorrow and by Sunday we should have some new stars of the Pokemon TCG and hand-held dueling world. 

The massive event is actually comprised of two sub-events: the Pokemon National Video Game and National Trading Card Game Championships. On the video game side, with the regional trials finished in New York, Seattle, Atlanta and other cities, over six thousand players were pared down to just 192 finalists. Serious contenders who feel they were robbed of a place amongst those elite, or just some wild card maverick looking to make a name for themselves, can still have a chance at admission into the Championship's last chance qualifier matches that will be held Friday. From these players sixteen winners will earn spots in the Sunday tournament that will determine who will proceed to the World Championship being held in Kona, Hawaii on August 14 and 15. 
 
On the TCG front, over a thousand competitors are expected to descend on the Indiana Convention Center to compete for scholarships, cash prizes and, of course, a place in Kona at the World Championships. Attendees to the Championships should expect a fair amount of kids and teens bawling over bitter defeat and sore losers flipping tables at the first sign of an inevitable loss. And victory dances, can't forget those. 
 
Hey, it's an emotional age.

MY TEAM OF 6 SNORLAXS ARE GOING TO WIN!

As a non-initiate into the International Fraternity of Pokemon and Illuminati you'll have to fill me in on the cheating thing. How were you all cheating, exactly? 
 
@JJOR64: Not if my Jigglypuffs flay them first!

They still play this stuff? Pokemon seems forever and a day ago. Why don't they play the card game instead? That would be harder. I never cheated when I played but back then I had no idea I could cheat on anything. 
 
P.S. It's only a game kids so it's no use crying as there is no Sorest Loser trophy.

@Newten:  However, It infuriates me that all my brothers never bother to train their pokemon and simply use cheats and rare candies mindlessly. It's all sorts of irritating when I tell them that my Garchomp would eat their pokemon. but simply shrug and add more rare candies.
 
I'm a pokemon breeder, and a pretty good one at that. Barely anybody appreciates a good Pokemon breeder... My Garchomp has 31 Attack and Defense IVs, but only 2 Speed IVs, but I don't mind because it was my first pokemon I bred to near-perfection. And again everybody shrugs and uses cheats to catch a 31 IV pokemon easily.
 
Sometimes I just really wanna scold these people.